The life and times of Daisy & her sister Holly and their efforts to confound Old Two Legs.
Helped along by a family of Ferrets who are studying to become full time Woofers!

Sunday, 18 August 2013

Ferrets House Keeping Day.

Hi Woofers!

We're back again, Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles.

Although it was a Sunday, we were up early and out in the sunshine, just in case it rained later, we decided to have a really good run along The Sea Wall.

Holly and I were off looking for rabbits and we spotted one at the top of the hill, so creepy creepy, we stalked all the way along the path towards it. Yes, we know that it had seen us a long time before but it was fun trying to seek up on it and then the rush at the last moment.

Off went the rabbit, into the bushes and down the rabbit hole, all before we had a chance to get close!

Holly was most upset and spent some time trying to dig it out but in the end gave up and followed Old Two Legs and The Ferrets down onto the beach.

Mr Brambles was running around digging 'Test Holes' and pretending he was going to do some Fracking to start a, earthquake, just to wake Snowflake up!

Come on Snowflake, Wake Up!

Holly stood guard for a while until Snowflake started to move about, she enquired if there were any good sniffs under her!

Is that Sniff worth me getting up?

When she found out it wasn't she wandered down the beach a bit to where I had just dug up a Super Sniff, you know, one of those that calls out.........

ROLL IN ME!

So we did!

Move Over It's My Turn Sis!

In the mean time, Mr Brambles was digging a tunnel and was working on both ends at the same time, first one end, then the other. He said it would be a tunnel to Essex, but it would be a one way tunnel, from Kent to Essex!

This will be one end.

He was working very hard shoveling the sand about and throwing it over his shoulder!

and this wil be the other end!

OTL asked how it would work if both ends of the tunnel were in Kent, you would go down it in Kent and come back out, in Kent. Mr Brambles said he was working on that and would 'Come Back To Him!'

The run back to the car was good, it was only at the end that Mr Brambles had to stop for a breather, other than that he kept up and even left Snowflake behind when she stopped for a sniff!

Come on Girl, Keep Up!

Back home to some Lactose Free Milk, both us and the ferrets licked it all up, super tasting stuff that was. We will be watching out so see if it upsets their tummies.

OTL says that when that is finished, he has some goats milk for us all to try, now that will be fun!

Today is when OTL does his 'House Cleaning' in the office and today he did the ferret house as well. Now they have a super clean, comfortable 'Snowy Heights' and OTL has rearranged some of the shelves, just to keep them on their claws!

Mind you, it didn't stop them from climbing over the cages while OTL was waving his cleaning cloth all over the place. At one time he was being chased around the cage as both ferrets were trying to pinch the cleaning cloth!

However, when it was all finished, they both crashed out and were asleep in no time!

Wake me up later, much later!

We left them snoozing and went out for the midday stroll. Holly and I saw a Bozo Woofer on the beach with his owners, so we stood up on the Sea Wall and blew raspberries at him, knowing he couldn't get to us 'cos he was on a lead!

Raspberries to you Bozo!

While we were having a game with the Bozo, OTL saw a spider scurrying along the path, so he tried to get a picture of him in full flight!

I'm Gettin' Outta Here!

He didn't want to stay and pose for OTL, I suppose he thought we may tread on him!

We met up with a little Westie we had seen before and had a quick game of 'Chase' which was good fun, that was until his owner called him away!

Bye Girls and Thanks for The Game!

Walking through the long grass, OTL had this bug land on his leg. Now we're not sure what it is. It's not a butterfly nor a wasp or a moth. It maybe some sort of bee or copy cat fly but we have not seen one like it before.

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About Me

Hello, my name is Daisy and I was taken away from
Mum and Dad by Old Two Legs and The Missus one cold dark evening. It was a bit
traumatic at the time but we all soon settled down and everything is OK now.

My sister Holly came to live with us about a year later and between the pair of us we manage to keep these Two Legs in line!

In December 2012, we were joined by Snowflake, a little ferret we found in our garden. She had her own home in OTL's office called Snowy Heights!

Then in July 2013 Mr Brambles, a super Sandy Hob Ferret, came to live with us and be a mate for Snowflake. We sadly lost Mr Brambles to old age in September 2015. A gentle ferret who will be missed terribly. We also lost Miss Snowflake in November 2015. She has left a big hole in our hearts, she was a real Daddy's Girl to the end.

There arrived two new ferrets in August 2015, Miss May and Miss April who are sisters, born in 2013, we think! They were full of fun and mischief and kept up the tradition of pinching our biscuits, just like Brambles did!

Sadly Miss April contracted Cardiomyopathy, which is a heart condition. She died in September 2016 and is resting in a flower pot in the garden with Snowflake and Brambles.

We were down to two ferrets and an empty cage but that didn't last long, a brother and sister ferrets needed a 'Forever Home' and Fred & Wilma moved in. They are about two and a half years old, so they were born 2012/2013. Fred is a gentle soul who loves cuddles with OTL and Wilma a bossy sister but loves OTL! We reckon them to be Polecat Coloured Ferrets.

It was a shock when Wilma was attacked by a dog and unfortunately died of shock a few hours later. Like Snowflake, Brambles and April, she is also sleeping in a flower pot in our garden.

Fred was not happy about being on his own and he was introduced to Wendy, a Polecat Coloured Ferret who found her way to the Harrietsham Ferret Rescue.

Introductions went well to begin with but within a day or so she began instructing Fred on just who was really in charge!

We had something similar with Miss May who lost her sister to Cardiomyopathy (Weak Heart). Miss May is a feisty young lady and she was introduced to Eric de Ferret while we were down at the Harrietsham Ferret Rescue and although she tried to be a bit bossy, he was having none of it! He may only be six months old but her didn't back down and the pair came to an agreement!

So young Eric moved in and they both started to learn how to get on together!

OTL takes us walking every day and we have 'Adventures'! The Missus feeds us, so, what more can a pair of puppies and family of fun loving ferrets ask for?